Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

OTI and Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH Form Strategic Alliance to Provide Leading-Edge Contactless Payment Solutions

Thursday, September 18, 2003

CUPERTINO, Calif. and MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany, Sept. 15/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – On Track Innovations Ltd (OTI) (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime 

Bioscrypt Fingerprint Technology Featured in HID's new bioClass Product Offering

Thursday, September 18, 2003

TORONTO, ON and VAN NUYS, CA, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - (TSX:BYT)Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider of advanced fingerprint technology, 

Sentry Technology Releases SmartTrack Mobile Upgrade

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Sentry Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVY) announced today, the upgrade of SmartTrack Mobile introduced this week at the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) conference in New Orleans. SmartTrack Mobile allows the user to view and control video images from SmartTrack, Sentry’s traveling CCTV system using a mobile hand held computer and wireless communication network.  The original SmartTrack Mobile product released last year, operates on a wireless Personal Digital Assist (PDA) using Windows CE. The new version now runs on the latest, tablet style wireless computer under Windows XP.  SmartTrack Mobile running on Windows XP is significantly faster than the earlier PDA version. The increased speed and computing power offered by the tablet gives the user real time video viewing. Customers are no longer required to sit in front of a video console to manage the SmartTrack system.
   
“With SmartTrack Remote, customers are free to move about any facility while maintaining full control of all SmartTrack system functions,” said Peter L. Murdoch, President and CEO of Sentry Technology Corporation. “Now that mobile, real time video has been achieved, Sentry is in the process of developing a series of products to sit on top of the SmartTrack Remote software platform. We expect these new products will broaden the market for use of SmartTrack in retail stores”.
   
Sentry Technology Corporation designs, manufactures, sells and installs a complete line of Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Magnetic (EM) EAS systems and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) solutions.  The CCTV product line features SentryVision(R), a proprietary, patented traveling Surveillance System. The Company’s products are used by retailers to deter shoplifting and internal theft and by industrial and institutional customers to protect assets and people. The recent partnership with Dialoc ID Holdings BV expands the Company’s product offering to include RFID and proximity Access Control solutions. For further information please visit our website at http://www.sentrytechnology.com/.
 

Printronix, Alien Technology Announce RFID Development Solutions

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Printronix Inc. (Nasdaq: PTNX - News), the leading manufacturer of integrated enterprise printing solutions for the supply chain, today announced it is working with Alien Technology Corp., the provider of ultra-low cost radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and hardware, to develop RFID printing solutions. The first solution, Printronix’s RFID smart label developer’s kit, uses Alien Technology’s tags to give early adopters of RFID technology a complete development environment for the printing and encoding of smart labels. (See the press release, “Printronix Introduces EPC-Compliant Smart Label Developer’s Kit For RFID Pilots.”)  “This alliance brings together the leaders in bar code quality and RFID tags to give customers the most reliable and lowest-cost RFID solution for the supply chain,” said Andy Chapman, chief technology officer and senior vice president of engineering and product marketing, Printronix. “As the RFID industry is developing, Printronix is taking a leadership role by providing users with practical RFID printing applications right now.” 

IBM Announces Comprehensive New RFID Service

Monday, September 15, 2003

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 15, 2003–IBM today announced a comprehensive new service to help retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies harness radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for advanced product tracking and inventory control. 

Little Rock National Airport to Use Bioscrypt's Fingerprint and HID's iCLASS Technology for Enhanced Facility Security

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Deployment Encompasses over Five Thousand Users

TORONTO, ON and VAN NUYS, CA, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - (TSX:BYT) 

Hypercom Creates Fully Integrated Contactless Payment Terminal Supporting Mastercard PayPass

Thursday, September 11, 2003

New Era of Convenience Unfolding as Consumers Pay Via the ‘Wave’ of a Card

PHOENIX, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Hypercom Corporation 

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